Fountain-syringe.



N0. 7l6,304. Patented Dec. "5, I902.

J. H. STEARNS.

FOUNTAIN SYBINGE.

(Application filed Feb. 6. 1902.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

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FOUNTAIN-SYRINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,304, dated December 1 6, 1902.

Application filed February 6,1902. Serial No. 92,879. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMEs H. SrEARNs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Syringes,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to fountain-syringes, and has for its object to provide a construction of this class which will be in a convenient form for folding up and packing and which will therefore be of particular advantage for the use of travelers, and especially of ladies.

My improved syringe is designed to roll up into compact shape'and to contain all the necessary accessories securely connected, so as to avoid their getting mislaid or lost, and, further, I so construct my syringe that when folded it will form a practically waterproof package, thus enabling it to be placed in a valise or bag with other articles Without wetting or soiling them.

A representative embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings;

but I desire it to be understood that this is only one of the many possible ways of carrying into practical effect the novel features defined iu the appended claims.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fountain-syringe constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 shows the syringe rolled up and folded into its case. Fig. 4 shows the syringe rolled up, but not yet folded into the case; and Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic cross-section showing the bag of the syringe and the case connected therewith folded one into the other corresponding to the showing in Fig. '3.

The improved. syringe comprises a bag A, made of suitable waterproof material and preferably provided at the top with astilfened edge A ,so as to keep the upper end distended. At its lower end the bag has an outlet connected with a soft-rubber tube, which preferably has a relatively stiff round portion B, a more flexible fiat portion 13, and, again, a relatively stiff round end portion 13*, which is the outlet portion and serves to receive the hard-rubber tubes or nozzles D, which may be of the usual pattern. A clamp C may be employed on the portion B to start or stop at will the discharge of water from the bag A.

The tubes or nozzles D when not in use are adapted to be securely yet detachably connected with the bag A by putting them into holders A, extending on one face. of the bag transversely of the longitudinal line connecting the water-inlet or fillingopening with the outlet. A twofold ad vantage results from this particular arrangement of the holders: First, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, they are horizontal when the bag is suspended for use, and the tubes D in the holders are therefore not liable to slip out; second, the bag may be readily rolled, beginning at the bottom and proceeding toward the top, as the tubes D will lie lengthwise within the rolled body or bag.

From the mouth of the bag A extends upwardly a tab A preferably apertured and provided with an eyelet E to enable the syringe to be hung upon a nail or hook, as indicated at G in Fig. 2. This eyelet E also constitutes a means for permanently connecting the bag A with a case or receptacle F at the upwardly-extending flap F of said case. It will be observed that the opening of the case F is on the side opposite to that on which the holders A are arranged, so that the adjacent faces of the bag A and case F (with its flap F) are fiat and may lie closely against each other. The-arrangement of the bag A and of the case F back to back, as shown, is of further advantage in that it enables the entire apparatus to be readily folded into a very small compass. To do this, the bag A is first rolled up from the bottom, with the holders A and tubes D on the inside. Then the flexible tube B B B is Wrapped around the folded bag, as indicated in Fig. 4, and finally by continuing to roll the bag in the same direction as before the bag and part of the flap F are brought into the case F, the flap extending over the bag, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

The entire syringe is thus folded into a very small and handy package, whichwill be practically waterproof if the case F'and its flap F are made of appropriate material. As the opening of the case F (see Fig. 2) is separated from the filling-opening of the bag (at A by a material distance and by three thicknesses of waterproof material, it is obviously unlikely that any Water will be spilled into or upon the case F. The package of the compact and convenient form shown in Fig. 3 will therefore be readily kept dry and may be packed with other articles without injuring or soiling them.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a fountain-syringe, the combination of a bag and a case located back to back, said case being provided with a flap connected adapted to receive with the bag, and being the bag when rolled.

2. In a fountain-syringe, a bag and a case connected with each other and located back to back so that the opening of the bag and JAMES H. STEARNS.

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